Every material Form 8-K Rocket Lab filed with the SEC in 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Rocket Lab reported third-quarter 2025 revenue of $155 million, up 48% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $18.3 million, narrower than the $51.9 million loss in the same quarter of 2024. The company guided fourth-quarter revenue to $170 million to $180 million, and director Matt Ocko will leave the board effective November 30, 2025, in a resignation the company says was not due to any disagreement.
Q3 2025 total revenue was $155.1 million, up from $104.8 million in Q3 2024.
Q3 2025 net loss was $18.3 million, or $0.03 per share, versus a $51.9 million net loss in Q3 2024.
Fourth-quarter 2025 guidance: revenue of $170 million to $180 million and GAAP gross margin of 37% to 39%.
Director Matt Ocko notified the company on November 7, 2025, that he will resign from the board effective November 30, 2025.
At its August 27, 2025 annual meeting, Rocket Lab's stockholders re-elected no one new but elected three Class I directors, ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor, and approved the executive pay advisory vote. They did not approve an amendment to remove a recently added pass-through voting provision at subsidiary Rocket Lab USA, Inc., because it did not reach the required 66-2/3% of voting power. The company also adopted a Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan on August 25, 2025.
Stockholders elected Jon Olson, Merline Saintil and Alex Slusky as Class I directors for terms expiring at the 2028 annual meeting.
The charter amendment for Rocket Lab USA, Inc. received 298,079,255 votes for and 1,925,556 against, short of the required 66-2/3% of voting power.
Compensation Committee adopted the Senior Executive Cash Incentive Bonus Plan on August 25, 2025; the full plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1.
Stockholders approved the named executive officer compensation on an advisory basis, with 240,340,772 votes for and 58,526,365 against.
Rocket Lab reported second-quarter 2025 revenue of $144.5 million, up from $106.3 million a year earlier, and GAAP gross profit rose to $46.4 million from $27.2 million. Net loss widened to $66.4 million, or $0.13 per share, from $41.6 million, or $0.08 per share, a year earlier. The company also guided third-quarter revenue to $145 million to $155 million and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $21 million to $23 million.
Q2 2025 revenue was $144.5 million, up 36% from $106.3 million in Q2 2024.
GAAP net loss was $66.4 million ($0.13 per share), compared with a net loss of $41.6 million ($0.08 per share) a year earlier.
Non-GAAP gross margin was 36.9%, up from 30.7% in the prior-year quarter.
Q3 2025 guidance: revenue of $145 million to $155 million and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $21 million to $23 million.
Rocket Lab signed a Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire all shares of LightRidge Interco, owner of GEOST LLC, a Tucson-based electro-optical and infrared payload maker for national security satellites. The deal is valued at $275 million, paid with up to about $125 million in cash and up to about $150 million in Rocket Lab common stock, with up to $50 million in additional cash earnouts tied to GEOST revenue targets for 2026 and 2027. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025, and the filing does not report GEOST's financial results.
Aggregate consideration of $275 million: up to about $125 million cash and up to about $150 million in common stock
Up to $50 million in potential post-closing cash earnouts tied to GEOST revenue targets for 2026 and 2027
Company agreed to file a resale registration statement for shares issued in the deal; closing expected in the second half of 2025
Agreement signed May 22, 2025; holding company reorganization completed May 23, 2025
Rocket Lab reported first-quarter 2025 revenue of $122.6 million, up from $92.8 million a year earlier, but its net loss widened to $60.6 million from $44.3 million. The company also guided second-quarter revenue to $130 million to $140 million and said it plans a holding company reorganization, expected to take effect by June 1, 2025, with shares continuing to trade as RKLB.
Q1 2025 total revenues were $122.6 million, versus $92.8 million in Q1 2024.
Q1 2025 net loss was $60.6 million, or $0.12 per share, compared with $44.3 million, or $0.09 per share, a year earlier.
Q2 2025 guidance: revenue of $130 million to $140 million; Adjusted EBITDA loss of $28 million to $30 million.
Holding company reorganization planned to be effective by June 1, 2025; Rocket Lab Corporation would succeed the company and keep the RKLB symbol.
Rocket Lab reported fourth-quarter 2024 revenue of $132.4 million, up from $60.0 million a year earlier, and full-year 2024 revenue of $436.2 million, up 78% from $244.6 million. The net loss widened slightly, to $52.3 million in the quarter and $190.2 million for the year, and the company guided first-quarter 2025 revenue to $117 million to $123 million.
Q4 2024 revenue was $132.4 million versus $60.0 million in Q4 2023; Q4 net loss was $52.3 million versus $50.5 million.
Full-year 2024 revenue was $436.2 million versus $244.6 million in 2023; full-year net loss was $190.2 million versus $182.6 million.
Q1 2025 guidance calls for revenue of $117 million to $123 million, with GAAP gross margins of 25% to 27%.
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